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February 18, 2008
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
SEED Magazine
Michael A. Levi argues that “too many scientists today wrongly assume that a lack of information is the biggest barrier facing terrorists or countries that might build nuclear bombs, and they overstate the risks involved in sharing information as a result.”
See more in United States, Defense Technology, Weapons of Mass Destruction
June 12, 2007
| Speakers: | David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten and Rothkopf C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota; Author, "How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007 |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch David Rothkopf, president and chief executive officer of Garten Rothkopf, and C. Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight university professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss the potential impact of the increasing demand for biofuels on global energy and food security.
See more in Cuba, Energy Security
June 12, 2007
| Speakers: | David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten and Rothkopf C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota; Author, "How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007 |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to David Rothkopf, president and chief executive officer of Garten Rothkopf, and C. Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight university professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss the potential impact of the increasing demand for biofuels on global energy and food security.
See more in Cuba, Energy Security
November 17, 2005
| Speakers: | James C. Greenwood, President and chief executive officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization; former representative (R-PA) Irving L. Weissman, Director, Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; director, Comprehensive Cancer Center; professor, pathology and developmental biology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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| Presider: | Justin Gillis, Biotechnology industry reporter, Washington Post |
Transcript
See more in Technology and Foreign Policy
November 17, 2005
| Speakers: | James C. Greenwood, President and chief executive officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization; former Member, House of Representatives (R-PA) Irving L. Weissman, Director, Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; director, Comprehensive Cancer Center; professor, pathology and developmental biology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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| Presider: | Justin Gillis, Biotechnology industry reporter, Washington Post |
Audio
See more in Technology and Foreign Policy
2006
Must Read
Executive summary of a recent book by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies. The book examines how biotechnologies are enabling previously unimagined applications, specifically examining questions of terrorism and national security.
March/April 2006
| Author: | Mark Williams |
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Must Read
Biotechnology’s advance could give malefactors the ability to manipulate life processes—and even affect human behavior.
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Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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